Tip-fastener for shoe-laces.



E. VIERTELS. TIP FASTENER FOR SHOE LACES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. a. 1911.

1,231,103. Patented June 26,1917.

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A TTORNE Y Wig " metal EPI-IRAIM VIERTELS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOB TO VIERO COMPANY, INC., 01?

7 NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPGRATION OF NEW YORK.

TIP-FASTENER FOR SHOE-LACES.

Application filed March 6, 1917.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, EPI-IRAIM VIERTELS, a citizen of the United States, and residing in the borough and county of Bronx, city and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tip-Fasteners for Shoe-Laces, of which the following is a full and complete specification.

Shoe laces, provided with customary metal tips, have the defect that these tips I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of my invention in the following description and drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view;

Fig. 2 is a side view on an enlarged scale, the face plate being omitted;

Fig. 3 is a section through the line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the female die;

Fig. die;

Fig. 6 is a view of the shoe lace and of the blank of which the tip of the shoe lace is formed;

Fig. 7 is a view of the shoe lace having the tip fastened thereto.

The tool 1 has the general appearance of a pair of pincers or scissors. It is provided with limbs 2 and 3, pivoted on the screw or equivalent member 12, and normally separated by the spring 14.

The tops of the limbs 2 and 3 have cutting members as at 16 and 17 fastened thereto by screws, and notches as at 18 and 19, and are covered by a face plate 4, which is fastened in position by means of screws or members 6 to the top of limb 3, and has an opening at the level of the notches 18 and 19. It also has an opening 7 at the level of the cutting members 16 and 17.

The male die 11 and the female die have heads or extensions 20 and 21, which fit loosely in the notches 18 and 19, so that 5 is a perspective View of the male Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 26, 1917.

Serial No. 152,805.

the female die 10 and the male die 11 have a certain free but limited rotary movement in their respective notches, and they can also be withdrawn longitudinally from their respective notches for replacing, repair, or the like. The limited movement of the dies 10 and 11 is caused by the configuration of their outermost surfaces, and the configuration of the adjacent surfaces of the limbs 2 and 3. 'VVhen the limbs 2 and 3 are separated by the spring 14 to the position shown in F ig.' 1 (beyond which the limbs cannot be separated because of the shoulder 221) the dies are in the position shown in Fig. 2,

that is, telescoped one within the other.

The blanks 14 for the shoe laces 13 are of such size that they can be inserted between the female die 10 and the male die 11, through the opening 5. The faces of the dies are so shaped that when they press upon the blank 14, the separated edges thereof are caused to overlap, and then further pressure pinches or clamps the overlapping edges together, as shown in Fig. 7

The operation of my device is as follows: The end of the shoe lace is trimmed ofl? if necessary, by inserting it through the opening 7 between the cutting members 16 and 17, and pressing together the limbs 2 and 3.

The blank 14 of any desired shape, so as to make a tip of any desired shape or contour, cylindrical, conical, corrugated or the like, is then placed upon the end of the shoe lace and is thrust through the opening 5, between the dies 10 and 11. The limbs 2 and 3 are then pressed together again. The dies 10 and 11 always remain in perfect aline ment and move freely within each other, because as they have a limited freedom of movement in the notches 18 and 19, their rectilinear reciprocation .is notv affected by the rotary movement of the limbs. The action of the dies 10 and 11 causes the edge of the blank 14 to first overlap and then be clamped together. The spring 14 maintains the parts normally in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, with the male die 11 within the female die 10.

I have described a preferred embodiment of my invention, but I do not wish to limit myself thereto, as some of the details herein set forth could be omitted, and numerous changes made, without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Thus, the device may be used for other purposes besides tipping shoelaces, as many other purposes would readily suggest themselves to' skilled persons;

I claim:

1. In combination, a male die and-a female die adapted to cooperate so as to close a metal blank into the form of a cylinder,;

and actuating members for actuating said dies, each of said dies being movable in' amovable supports for said dies mounted upon a pivot, each of said' dies being movable inadirection lateral to the direction of mmment Said p pports; the length of said dies and th'e'range-ofmove ment of said 5 supports being such that s thesaid dies always remain telescoped with respect to each other;

3. In combinationya maledieand a re male die adapted to coiiperatsoas to close' a metal blank'into the fornroif a cylinder, and movable supports for said 'dies,-ea'chof said dies being capable of a movement of oscillation only.v With respect to their respective" supports, the direction of said oscill'ation' being lateral to the direction of movement of said supports, the length of said dies and the range of movement of said supports being such that the said dies always remain telescoped With respectto each othen 4. In combination, a male die and a female die adapted to-"eoope'rate so-asto close a met'al blank in the formo-f a cylinder; movable supports for said dies mounted on a common pivet; saidsupp'orts having notches intheir adjacent faces, thesaid dies having headsadapted td-fit "Within the said notches, the configiirationofsaid notche's and the ad- 1' acentsurfacdof said "dies being such as "to permit a limited movement of oscillation only of' saiddies 'w-itli respect to their said supports; the" length of= said i dies and i the range of" movement of'said supports beingsuch thatthesaid dies-always remain tel'e-' seoped" with i'espect to -each other In 'testimenygthat I '-claim "the foregoing as 'my invention, I' h-ave si-gnedmiy name in presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses;

EPHRA'IM VIERTEDS;

Witnesses D.--LEWIS MATTERN, Mon M. WEINBERGL Copies of this patent may be'obtainedfirfiiie cents each; bi ia'ddressihgf mew cdm'mlssiunew of- Pa i" Washington, D. G. 

